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Mortgage

2 stages from Old French to English.

Today it means a loan used to purchase property, secured against the property itself
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Stage 1 of 2
mort gage
Old French · medieval
"a dead pledge"
literally dead pledge, since the debt or the pledge itself dies once paid or foreclosed
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Stage 2 of 2
mortgage
English · 1300s
"a loan secured against property"
settled as the English word for a loan secured against property
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